so i finally was pushed to push

[LlorT-Da-Gangsta]

i made a thread about my brother who's been acting like an arrogant asshole after he started working out a couple months ago. well a couple days ago he really irritated me over something little (i was tripping i admit) and i gave him a short shove, not intended to injure him. his form of retaliation was to tell me that i better walk off because he can kick my ass.

i finally had enough of that attitude, i wanted to bust his bubble that it's not like he is scary. i mean i've gotten into fights with dudes that have probably worked out longer than a few months, and while my brother is bigger than me in height and a little more toned, he weighs almost the same. can anyone understand where im coming from when i tell you that i lunged at him and knocked him down. i thought he was going to land on the sofa, but he awkwardly fell and knocked his chin on the coffee table. he had a deep cut, and i felt really guilty. it was big deal with my mom too.

later, i apologized and he accepted it, but commented, "all im saying is, you don't know how i am if i get pissed...........i didn't fight you only because ma was there" (or something along those lines). i was irritated by this, he still held some belief that he would have beat me very easily up if our ma wasnt there (i mean his ass was knocked on the floor with a big cut, if i continued attacking him, he probably would have the bigger disadvantage).

i didn't say anything but nod my head, i figured it's better he have that attitude.. when i was his age i had a pretty low self esteem, and that kind of thinking that still lingers in me is probably what led me to lash out at him... so i just want to know if it sounds like im the one who's the asshole, because i felt that way when he got that cut...

[Prome]

and what do you want?

[LlorT-Da-Gangsta]

At 11/7/10 01:17 PM, Prometheus13 wrote: and what do you want?

for you to answer my question

[saltovergray]

Hmm. I see.

[gekko007]

At 11/7/10 01:18 PM, LlorT-Da-Gangsta wrote:

At 11/7/10 01:17 PM, Prometheus13 wrote: and what do you want?

for you to answer my question

I can't find the question.

Where's Waldo was easier than this.

[LlorT-Da-Gangsta]

At 11/7/10 01:22 PM, gekko007 wrote:
Where's Waldo was easier than this.

sorry i assumed everyone here had reading skills above the 5th grade.

[desert116]

At 11/7/10 01:22 PM, gekko007 wrote: I can't find the question.

Where's Waldo was easier than this.

so i just want to know if it sounds like im the one who's the asshole, because i felt that way when he got that cut...

[Lorkas]

Aren't brothers supposed to get over fighting when the younger one turns 13?

[LlorT-Da-Gangsta]

At 11/7/10 01:31 PM, Lorkas wrote: Aren't brothers supposed to get over fighting when the younger one turns 13?

not my brother he enjoys pushing buttons and is reputed for it

[Light]

At 11/7/10 01:22 PM, gekko007 wrote:

At 11/7/10 01:18 PM, LlorT-Da-Gangsta wrote:

At 11/7/10 01:17 PM, Prometheus13 wrote: and what do you want?

for you to answer my question

I can't find the question.

I detect no question marks within the OP....Either he sucks at asking questions or IT'S A TRAP!!!

[Summy010]

Your brother had it coming. You're fine.

[DP]

Your not the asshole, he took the push the wrong way (making a big deal out of something little like a push just like he did to cause you to push him). The only wrong thing you did was to cause the cut even though you knew he was just making mountains out of molehills.

But he did 2 things wrong (making something larger than it needs to be and taking the push the wrong way) and you only did one, so you are not the asshole.

The argument can be made that neither of you are the asshole because the whole lunging at him and him getting cut thing weighs about the same as the 2 things he did to you.

[Purplefunk]

Fuck your mom. You should've just beat the shit out of your brother till he couldn't speak.

Or just ignore him.

[Dr-Worm]

I'd say that you both acted like assholes. It's good that you felt guilty after injuring him. Sure, his attitude is irritating, but that's just immaturity on his part. As the (supposedly) more mature and level-headed one, it's pretty much your responsibility and yours alone to make sure that those little conflicts don't escalate the way they did here, unfair as that may seem, because he sure as hell isn't going to. You're never going to stop having little fights, but you have to make sure that things don't get too heavy, physically or psychologically. For both your sakes.

...I may or may not be completely misreading the situation and projecting my own childhood onto it...

[shadowkills4]

i think im youre brother

[Dromedary]

At 11/7/10 01:22 PM, gekko007 wrote:

At 11/7/10 01:18 PM, LlorT-Da-Gangsta wrote:

At 11/7/10 01:17 PM, Prometheus13 wrote: and what do you want?

for you to answer my question

I can't find the question.

Where's Waldo was easier than this.

Not those ones where everyone looked like Wally. Those were hell.